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London
Conference: Financial Management
to
Drive Profitability
Sponsored by REBUS
Date: Tuesday
8 November 2005
Time:
3 to 9pm
Who is it
for?
This event is aimed at the owner/managers of small to medium
sized design consultancies.
Venue
CBI Conference Centre,
103 New Oxford Street,
London WC1
F ormat of the day
The pick-and-mix nature of the day will enable you to choose
the issues most relevant to you. There is a choice of five
workshops – delegates can attend three. Each workshop
is followed by discussion and questions. Afternoon tea and
networking drinks are included.
Keynote
Presentation
Ian Cochrane, Chairman of Ticegroup and former Managing Director
of Fitch.
Workshops:
A)
Business planning
• Why plan your business?
• Who are you planning for?
• Finding time to plan
• How to get stuck in
Speaker: Hugh Mason, Partner, Pembridge
B)
Management reporting
• Board Financial Review
• Annual Financial Plan
• Income targets and expenditure budgets
• Computing design team potential and break-even
• Operating reports, balance sheets, ratio analysis
Speaker: Gary Baxter,
Former Finance Director, The Partners
C)
In an improving marketplace growth needs cash so how do designers
generate that from their business?
• Managing clients to maximise cash
• How to approach the bank for finance
• How to plan for investment decisions
Speaker:Amanda Merron
Partner, Willott Kingston Smith
D)
Project Management
• Time management
• Job profitability
• Cost control
Speaker: Nick Tomlinson
Managing Director, Rebus
E) Building
loyalty: a practical guide to relationship management
• Thinking strategically: developing long-term relationships
is tough but essential
• Clients, staff and other key stakeholders: actions
you can take to develop loyalty over time
• Building productive networks that meet your business
needs
• Maximising your investment of time & money
Speaker: Jackie
Sallon, Director,
Jackie Sallon Associates
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